Which headphones of Drop's currently available?
I have some rewards points to burn but there's no obviously good options on Drop right now for headphones Contenders Ultrasone - maybe? I don't own any Ultrasones, so curious. Looks like garbage travel headphone which could be useful also. Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro. - Maybe? I have the DT 880 Good price point, really uncomfortable headphones but could be interesting to try the upgraded version. E-MU - strong contender but $400 is a bad price point for what it is. Which of the above would you choose and why? Nothing else on Drop is relevant to my interests, because Already own 6xx 820 800 s Ether cx Garbage / Consumer grade Meze 99 - garbage bass canons, hard pass No gaming headphones obviously Sennheiser wireless - no to wireless/bluetooth Hifiman - I have 2 of drop hifimans and they make really bad cheap shit on Drop, hard pass on HE-R7DX Aeon - I own the closed, Drop refuses to address #padgate so no reason to buy open Beyerdynamic 177x - wireless, nope Too similar 8x / 560s...
Mar 28, 2024
Final note: they come with not one, but TWO sets of earpads (pleather + fabric) as shown in the final picture. These pads fit on the HE-500, and IMO are a large improvement on that headphone's pads. My spare set are on my HE-500s, and HE-500 pad alternatives can cost enough that this set of cans is effectively close to a hundred bucks at the lowest drop for an HE-500 owner looking to experiment.
Have you found any good comparison reviews on the "Ti" vs. original from anybody other than the manufacturer? As nice as it is to see these on here / bring them down close to the price level of the original Fishers, the lowest drop + shipping still makes them double the current cost of the NVX original clone. So the obvious question is whether the velour pads and user-tested driver differences make these 2 times better than a pleather-only original clone?
As an aside, something I've never seen confirmation on - are the velour pads that come with the original Fishers also angled?
If the Ti ones are, I may have to steal those for my HE-500...
As for comparison reviews, they exist but are buried deep in multi-hundred-page Head-Fi threads.